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Protester Flour-bombs French Ex-PM and Presidential Hopeful Manuel Valls

French presidential hopeful Manuel Valls has been covered with flour outside a cafe while campaigning in Strasbourg. The assailant, reported to be a student, yelled at Valls, criticizing his use of the controversial Article 49-3 law.

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French PM Blasts NY Times for ‘False’ Picture of Life for Muslims in France

FRANCE 24: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls issued a stern rebuke to the New York Times on Monday after the newspaper published an article he claimed painted a “false” and “intolerable” picture of what life as a Muslim woman is like in France.

The US newspaper published the article on Friday after appealing for Muslim women living in Europe to send in their views on the recent burkini bans in a number of French coastal towns.

“What emerged was a portrait of life as a Muslim woman, veiled or not, in parts of Europe where terrorism has put people on edge. One French term was used dozens of times: ‘un combat,’ (a struggle) to live day to day,” the article, by journalist Lillie Dremeaux, said. » | Sam Ball | Tuesday, September 6, 2016

HUFFINGTON POST: In France, Women Are Free » | Manuel Valls | Monday, September 5, 2016

France: There Is a Risk of Chemical or Biological Attack, Says Valls

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned the French public of the possibility of attacks from "chemical or biological weapons" as he addressed the French parliamentary in Paris, Thursday.

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Paris Attacks: Isis 'Chemical Weapons' Warning Issued by French PM Manuel Valls

THE INDEPENDENT: Valls urges French parliament to extend its state of emergency

The Isis militant group could arm itself with biological and chemical weapons in future terror attacks on Europe, the French prime minister has warned.

Manuel Valls said France faced a serious threat from associates linked to the gunmen and bombers who launched attacks across Paris last Friday, killing 129.

"We must not rule anything out," he said. "I say it with all the precautions needed. But we know and bear in mind that there is also a risk of chemical or bacteriological weapons."

Mr Valls presented a bill to the French parliament that would extend the country's state of emergency for another three months. It will then go to the upper house on Friday. » | Adam Withnall | Thursday, November 19, 2015

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Hate and Extremism 'Not Islam' Says French PM Manuel Valls

THE ECONOMIC TIMES: PARIS: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls stressed on Monday there was no link between extremism and Islam, as he opened a conference aimed at improving ties with France's large Muslim community.

"We must say all of this is not Islam," said Valls. "The hate speech, anti-Semitism that hides behind anti-Zionism and hate for Israel... the self-proclaimed imams in our neighbourhoods and our prisons who are promoting violence and terrorism." » | AFP | Monday, June 15, 2015

Präsidentenwahl in Frankreich: Premier Valls warnt vor Sieg der Rechtspopulisten

Frankreichs Premier Valls: "Ich habe Angst um mein Land"

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Der rechtspopulistische Front National ist in Frankreich auf Erfolgskurs. Nun hat Premierminister Manuel Valls davor gewarnt, die Partei von Marine Le Pen könnte bei der Präsidentschaftswahl stärkste Kraft werden.

Paris - Frankreichs Premierminister Manuel Valls hat vor einem Siegeszug des rechtsextremen Front National (FN) gewarnt. Es sei nicht auszuschließen, dass der FN schon die kommende Präsidentschaftswahl im Jahr 2017 gewinnen könnte, sagte der Regierungschef im TV-Interview bei iTéle. » | vek/AFP | Sonntag, 08. März 2015

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As Search Goes On, French Premier Declares War on Radical Islam

THE NEW YORK TIMES: PARIS — Prime Minister Manuel Valls declared Saturday that France was at war with radical Islam, as new details emerged of the harrowing sieges that led to the deaths of three gunmen and four hostages the day before, and as the authorities mounted a frantic hunt for a suspected accomplice who remained on the loose.

“It is a war against terrorism, against jihadism, against radical Islam, against everything that is aimed at breaking fraternity, freedom, solidarity,” Mr. Valls said during a speech in Evry, south of Paris. » | Dan Bilefsky and Maïa de la Baume | Saturday, January 10, 2015

France : Manuel Valls n'exclut pas un changement du Parti socialiste

TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: Interviewé sur l'avenir de la gauche française, le premier ministre socialiste propose un «nouveau compromis» avec toutes les forces progressistes du pays pour bâtir une «maison commune», dans le cadre d'une fédération ou d'une seule formation.

Le premier ministre français Manuel Valls n'exclut pas un changement de nom du Parti socialiste (PS). Il propose en outre un «nouveau compromis» avec toutes les forces progressistes du pays pour bâtir une «maison commune», dans le cadre d'une fédération ou d'une seule formation.

Dans une interview au magazine L'Obs, il refuse de se dire socialiste. Il dénonce par ailleurs une gauche «qui se recroqueville sur le passé», alors que les écologistes ont quitté le gouvernement et que la grogne monte au Parti socialiste.

Répétant que la «gauche peut mourir», Manuel Valls estime qu'elle ne s'en sortira pas «si nous restons tous dans nos chapelles et nos boutiques à défendre nos prés carrés.» » | ats/Newsnet | mercredi 22 octobre 2014

France Warns Europe Could Be 'Overwhelmed' by Jihadis Returning from Syria

Manuel Valls, Interior Minister, France

THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: France's interior minister, Manuel Valls, warns Europe could be 'overwhelmed' by hundreds of jihadis returning from Syria

French interior minister warned on Sunday that the possibility of terror attacks by the hundreds of European jihadists returning home from Syria represents "the greatest danger we will have to face in the coming years".

"We, French and Europeans, could be overwhelmed by this phenomenon, given its scale," Manuel Valls said in a television interview.

His warning came after it emerged that two 15-year-old French boys had left this month to fight in Syria. They are believed to be among the youngest Westerners to travel there since the Arab Spring revolt against President Assad turned into a full-blown civil war.

The prospect of hundreds of battle-hardened extremists returning to Europe with training in bomb-making and weaponry has become a major cause of concern in recent months. » | Rory Mulholland in Paris | Sunday, January 19, 2014

Islamisme: Valls dénonce les «ennemis en notre sein»
LE FIGARO: Le premier flic de France en appelle à la «mobilisation de toute la société».

Face au spectre islamiste qui menace l'Hexagone, Manuel Valls interprète avec méthode une de ses partitions préférées. Celle du pragmatisme et de l'intransigeante fermeté, devenue la marque de fabrique mais aussi le socle de la popularité du ministre de l'Intérieur. En marge de sa visite à Marseille, le premier flic de France a affirmé avec force que la France doit lutter avec détermination contre de «véritables ennemis en notre sein». » | Par Christophe Cornevin | vendredi 12 octobre 2012